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THE DAISY. 



'EE modest crimson-tipped flower, 

 • " art thou too," one of " Flora's 

 watches"* noting upon earth 

 her progress in the heavens ? The name of 

 Robin is given to that fond bird, which, as 

 legends tell, covered the innocent children 

 with green leaves, when sleeping their last 

 sleep in the lonely forest ; and to thee, a 

 name is given, which tells of the sports of 

 childhood, and of the love which has been 

 shed upon thee from one generation to 

 another. The daisy, then, is called bain- 

 wort, from the delight with whicli the yoimg 

 are seen to gather it ; the eye-of-day, be- 



• Linnaeus gave the name of Flora's watches to all 

 such flowers as close and open at certain hours of the 

 (lay. 



